Characteristics of older adults with written wills

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-264

  Goetting, Marsha A ^a   Martin, Peter ^b,c,d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa StateUniversity   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bequests; Estate planning; Inheritances; Older adults; Wills

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549116989     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016699822855     Document Type: Article

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